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English Dictionary: collimate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collimate
v
  1. make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
    Synonym(s): parallel, collimate
  2. adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collimate \Col"li*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collimated}; p. p.
      & vb. n. {Collimating}.] [See {Collimation}.] (Physics &
      Astron.)
      To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring
      into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to
      render parallel, as rays of light.
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